Medical Xpress January 20, 2025
Digital therapeutics allow health care workers and patients to use software in the management and treatment of disease. The idea spans various health care areas, including mental health, chronic disease management, neurological disorders, addiction treatment, and rehabilitation.
Software-based interventions often offer personalized therapies through apps or digital platforms, using techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy, symptom tracking, and virtual exercises to help manage conditions such as mental health problems, diabetes, substance use, and recovery from physical injuries.
Research in the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation suggests that digital therapeutics have changed the health care landscape. Of course, the rapid commercialization of these products has continued apace, but equally important is the challenge of the internationalization of such systems allowing...